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Lichen Monitoring Project in Vancouver
Category(-ies): Local Interest
Volunteers are needed for a Community Lichen Monitoring project in the Greater Vancouver Area sponsored by Environment Canada's EMAN (Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network). The project will survey lichen communities around Vancouver to use as indicators to characterize air quality.
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Posted by Eric La Fountaine at 5:36 PM on January 28, 2005
The Plants, Art and Hardscape of Little and Lewis
Category(-ies): 2005 Archives
Celebrated internationally as artists and gardeners, George Little and David Lewis open the gates to their renowned garden retreat and share the personalities and enthusiasms that have shaped its wild fantasia of plants, hardscape and art. Little and Lewis are long-time collaborators whose concrete sculptures and installations have been collected around the world.
For more information: The Plants, Art and Hardscape of Little and Lewis
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 12:55 PM on January 28, 2005
Spring 2005 Courses and Lectures
Category(-ies): UBC Lectures and Courses
Details about the spring 2005 public courses and lectures are now available: Spring 2005 Courses and Lectures.
Offerings in the upcoming months include a perspective on thirty-five years of progress at the garden by David Tarrant, garden writing, small space gardening and more!
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 11:18 AM on January 11, 2005
VanDusen Botanical Garden in Florida newspaper
Category(-ies): Local Interest
A complimentary article about VanDusen Botanical Garden in the Florida newspaper, The News-Press. Well deserved!
Link: “Garden Like Slice of Eden”
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 11:10 AM on January 5, 2005